Paper-gage for type-writers.



S. E. CAMPBELL.

PAPER GAGE E'OR TYPE WRITERS.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.9, 1912.

1,058,547. Patented Apr. 8, i911 @M -5- Y.

SMITH rELDON CAMPBELL, OF GRAND ISLAND, NEBRASK.

PAPERGAGE FOR TYPE-WRITERS.

Specification of Letters Patent. i

Patented Apr. 8, 1913.

Application led August 9, 1912. Serial No. 714,205.

To c7] vif/wm 'it may concern.

Be it known that I, SMITH ELDoN CAMP- nim., a citizen of the UnitedStates, and a resident of Grand Island, in the county of Hall and Stateof Nebraska, have invented a new and Improved Paper-Gage for yType-VVritei-s, of which the following is a full. clear, and exactdescription.

This invention relates toA attachments for typewrit-ing machines and hasparticular reference to an attachment constituting indicating meanswhereby the operator may determine at a glance the position of thepaper.

Among the objects of the invention is to produce an. attachment wherebythe introduction of the paper into the machine in a straight conditionis facilitated.

A further object is to construct a device so that as the papen is beingwritten upon and the lower endof the-paper is being appreached, thewidth of the margin may be readily determine'fl i A still further v.t'oject of the invention is to enable the operator of the typewritingmachine to replace a sheet of paper with i accuracy and facility afterit has been removed from the. machine for correction 'or other purpose.A

The foregoing and other objects of the invention will hereinafter bemore fully de' scribed and claimed and illustrated in the drawingsaccompanying this specificationA in which like characters of referenceindicate corresponding parts in all the views, and in which-- Figure 1is a vertical transverse section,

' on the. line 11 of Fig. 2, of a diagrammatic representation of atypewriting ma` chine and my attachment applied thereto; Fig. 2 is afront elevation ofthe attachnient; Fig. 3 is a perspective View of amovable gage member; Fig.- 4 is a perspective View of the attachmentshowing its operative relation to the typewriter platen. 'Eig 5 is arear elevation ofjthegage plate showing one 4form ofmeans'for.',easilyfdetaching the upper or larger pg'rtion-'thereof'AFig. 6 is a." sectionall detail on thejline-,G

Fig. 5: Fig. 7'is a view coi-.respondin Fig. 5 but of anothermodiicationf and" Fig. 8 is a sectional detail on the line of Fig. 7.

Referring paxiiei'larly tothe accompany-r- Lto Ivgive the proper marginthereto.

ing drawings I show at 10 ay fragment of a typewriting machine of anyapproved construction and having a platen 1l. I

The numeral 12 indicates a paper table of y any: conventional form madeas a part of the typewriting machine which ordinarily guides the paper Pto and around the platen.

Rigidly connected in vany approved manner tothe paper table is a plate13 made of any suitable material and of a width preferably greater thanthat of the widest paper to be employed. As shown herein, said plate 13is adapted to be secured to the paper table by screws 14 operatingthrough holes 13. The plate 13 may be ot'any suitable form7 but isindicated as being constructed preferably of two parts 13a and 13b soarranged that the upper partI 13 may be removed fron'i the lower part orelse hinged thereto .so as to swing downwardly for con venience instoring away the typewriting machine or 'lor the reception ot' acover.As shown in Figs. l, 5 and (3 the means for connecting the two partsconsists of a. pair of socketl pieces 13a connected to the stationarysection 13a and into the sockets of which are adapted to be projectedthe fingers of a pair of ngei pieces 13d secured in any suitable mannerto the section 13". In this form oi the invention, when the typevritingV4 -macliine is to be stored, the part 13b may be removed from the lowerpart 13a by simply drawing it up so that the fingers of the members i3"lsockets of the socket pieces 13, the movement being in vthe plane of theplate 13. In

will be Withdrawn from the' Figs.A 7 and S the two parts are shown penalmanently hingedtogether byv hinges 13* andare adapted to be maintainedin.,normal valineinent forl operation by .ineansof any platen. The guidelines 1'5 are intended `to indicate the Width of paper-,lot medium Width.and also are 'supposed to be so arranged with respect to thev` plate 13as to indicatefthe proper .position of such paper when introducing itinto the machine so as .'lhe lines lllikewise are intended to iiltlicatethe position of Wider paper, and iie lines 17 that of paper narrowerthan that first de scribed.

The numeral 18 indicates a movable gege having projections 18L adapiedto exend into any pair of slots 19 arranged in groups 20, 2l and ,22 onsaid plate 13. The also includes a stop 23 adapted io limit he extentlof movement of the projections 18 through the slots. The group of slots20 are adapted to be employed in connection with the gage 18 when mediumlengthpaper, such letter paper, is boing used` The group 2l will be usedwhen operating; upon short length paper, and the group 22 when operatingupon long or speciea'ion paper. The uppermost pair of slots 19 of eachgroup will receive the gage when the narrowest margin is desired at. thebottoni of the sheet. lf a Wide margin is desired, the gage Will be setaccordingly.

ln addition to the guide lines l5, 1G and 17 described above, andpreferably coincidentI therewith, l provide sets of lateral slots 28vfor the'aceoininodat-ion of additional gages 18 which as indicaied invFigs. 2 and l may be employed to assist the op erator in placing thepaper properly spaced from one side or the other, usually the leftiside,without depending upon the accuracy of his eye in gagging the edge ofthe paper by onev or the other of said lines. The slots' 23 are arrangedpreferably on both sides so that the operator may use those on eiiherside accordingto his personal convenience. By the use of the gages 1Sthe operator may place a sheet of paper into the machine repeatedly, andby simply dropping it in'o Contact withl the platen at he bottoni andthe marginal gages, the paper will always assume the saine position inlthe machine with respect to the typewriten nml-ter.

ri`he several paris of this device may be made oi" any suitablen'ialerials, and the relai-ire proiliortions thereof may be varied,Witnout departing from ilie spirit of the invention hereinafterclain'zed. f

Haring lius described iny \in\feni,ion, what l elairn :is new and desireto secure by Let- `hers Patent i* l, in a device of the character setforth, the combinai'ion with a Lypewriting machine including a plulenand a paper table :rdimeent thereto, of :i info-part gage plaie, onepari of which adaped to be secured rigidly lo said paper table and theoilu-r pari, being` movable willi respect to the first. named paril sainplete being pro fided with a plurality of pairs of guide lines extendingalong bolli oi said paris adjacent the luiers edges thereof andatl-righi, angles to the of the p ien Afor the purpose of facilitatingthe posi'lioninv of the pape-r preparalory to Wriiing; 4rliei'eon.

2. ln a device of the eliaraeier sei. ferilli, l'lie combination with alypou'riling ma\ chine, of n goffo, plaie iherefor comprising` 'biroseciions 1 ing in substantially the sinne plane and haring indicating);means extend ing across bolli ol. seid sections, and means delaehniilysecuring said seciions ioggether, 4said securing ineens comprising npair of socket pieeesl secured to one section and a pair of Vingerpieces secured io the other section and adapted to project into theaforesaid socket pieces, subsismtiaflly as Sei; forth.

in testimony Wliereoii have signed my naine io ihis specification -inthe presence' of lu'o snbscrilginfr witnesses.

S/MlTH ELDON CAMPBELL.

lViinesses:

A. L. Josemi, ll, (l. Knoonn.

